Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). Title: "Forms in Space". Medium: Color silkscreen. Date: Composed 1985. Dimensions: Overall size: 35 3/4 x 52 in. (908 x 1321 mm). Image size: 30 7/8 x 47 1/16 in. (784 x 1195 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil, lower right; estate stamp, lower left, verso. Edition of 125 plus 20 AP. White Rives BFK paper. Full margins. Very fine impression with fresh colors. Condition: overall very good; some light surface scratches and small scuffs in the far right of the image; a few small creases and handling marks. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Corlett 217. Comment(s): According to “Gordon’s Art Reference” the auction record for this print is $75,000 set at Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Texas, 11/8/2014, lot #70149. Corlett writes that this large and important print was executed for the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, for Rally 'Round the Flag,' a fund-raising benefit held May 31, 1985. The ICA annual benefits were at that time theme-based, with a different theme each year. Published by the artist for the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Image copyright © The Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. [26384-8-30000] |